This paper reflects the long-standing tradition of invisibilising the real diversity of labour - a practice that continues to this day, perpetuating the myth of the white, male working class. It is exploring what the concealment of Mary's labour pains in the Nativity story has to do with the invisibilisation of the gendered, racialised and queer working class in modern capitalism, past and present. Labour is examined as a site where forms of oppression and exploitation do not merely intersect by coincidence, but play a crucial role in shaping the challenges and opportunities within the socio-ecological transformation conflicts we face today.